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CALIFORNIA HORSE-CHESTNUT. A low-spreading tree of the Pacific Coast of the United States. The chestnuts are made into a gruel or soup by the western Indians<ref>Pickering, C. ''Chron. Hist. Pls.'' 582. 1879.</ref>. The Indians of California pulverize the nut, extract the bitterness by washing with water and form the residue into a cake to be used as food<ref>''U. S. D. A. Rpt.'' 405. 1870.</ref> | {{Citation box | ||
|text=CALIFORNIA HORSE-CHESTNUT. A low-spreading tree of the Pacific Coast of the United States. The chestnuts are made into a gruel or soup by the western Indians<ref>Pickering, C. ''Chron. Hist. Pls.'' 582. 1879.</ref>. The Indians of California pulverize the nut, extract the bitterness by washing with water and form the residue into a cake to be used as food<ref>''U. S. D. A. Rpt.'' 405. 1870.</ref>. | |||
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|author = [[Aesculus (Sturtevant, 1919)#Aesculus californica|Sturtevant, ''Notes on edible plants'', 1919]]. | |||
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CALIFORNIA HORSE-CHESTNUT. A low-spreading tree of the Pacific Coast of the United States. The chestnuts are made into a gruel or soup by the western Indians[1]. The Indians of California pulverize the nut, extract the bitterness by washing with water and form the residue into a cake to be used as food[2].